Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Legislation Introduction topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Senators introduce bills on farm overtime, petroleum tank liability and poultry depopulation
Summary
On the Senate floor, lawmakers introduced three bills: SB121 on agricultural employee overtime thresholds, SB122 on petroleum storage tank fund liability and ASTM exceptions, and SB123 banning ventilation shutdown for poultry depopulation. Each bill was referred to the listed committee.
Lawmakers on the Senate floor introduced three bills that were read into the record and referred to committee.
Senate Bill 121, sponsored in the reading by Senators Rodriguez and Simpson with Representatives Martinez and Winner T, concerns establishing a threshold for when an agricultural employer must pay overtime to an agricultural employee. The measure was referred to the Business, Labor and Technology Committee for consideration.
Senate Bill 122, sponsored by Senator Peltner and Senator Robertson with Representative Winter Tee, addresses liquid fuels. The title reads that the bill would increase the maximum amount of liability of the petroleum storage tank fund for individual incidents and would allow the director of the division of oil and public safety to adopt a rule or issue policy guidance providing exceptions to certain ASTM standards for petroleum products. The bill was referred to the Business, Labor and Technology Committee.
Senate Bill 123, sponsored by Senator Cutter and Representative Velasco, would prohibit the use of ventilation shutdown in the depopulation of poultry. That proposal was referred to the Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee.
All three items were introduced by title only on the floor; the transcript records committee referrals but no debate, amendments, or votes on the measures during this session. Next steps are committee consideration as specified in the referral notices read into the record.
